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A president
and secret
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GOP control will protect
surgery
fTJ he health of
I thepresident
always
becomes world news.
Under the watchful
eye of the media and
the public, the smallest
detail is immediately
noticed. Modern
presidents routinely
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BRIDGES
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neither commanded a
nuclear arsenal nor had
the power over the econ-
omy seen today. Howev-
er, a president’s health
remained a matter of
great concern.
After ruling out a
procedure at either a
hospital or the White
discuss their health problems in House, where either would
the smallest and most personal
details today to reassure the
public. However, this was not
always the case. In 1893, one
president underwent cancer
surgery, and the world never
knew for 24 years.
Grover Cleveland was born
in New Jersey in 1837. He
was the son of a Presbyterian
minister and moved to Buffa-
lo, New York, as a young man,
arouse attention, they decided
on the most unusual location - a
friend’s yacht. Cleveland, a small
number of close friends, and his
team of six surgeons devised a
plan to bring Cleveland to New
York City to a friend’s waiting
yacht. As New York City is on
a series of islands, any kind of
boating activity was never seen
as anything out of the ordinary.
While the ship sailed
where he became an attorney at along, Cleveland would be
age 22. He served as a deputy brought below deck where the
prosecutor in Erie County during procedure would be per-
the Civil War and served as Erie formed. He was given ether as
County sheriff from 1871 to 1874. an anesthetic, some bone from
As sheriff, he presided over
two executions, in accordance
with New York law at that
time. He served one year as
mayor of Buffalo, 1882, before
being elected governor. During
his one term as governor, he was
elected president in 1884.
Cleveland is also known for
his mouth and five teeth were
removed. A small piece of rubber
was fitted to take the place of
the bone and teeth. No scars
were left, and the procedure
went without complication.
The operation took 90 min-
utes. The recovery went fairly
well until more growth was seen.
being the only president to serve It had to be performed again
non-consecutive terms. He lost
re-election in 1888. Though he
won the popular vote by 95,000
votes, he narrowly lost two
states he had won in 1884, Indi-
ana and New York. However, he
was able to recapture the White
House by a decisive margin in a
under the same circumstanc-
es. No one ever found out what
happened.
How serious the cancer
was remains a subject of
debate. Cleveland took the
best medical advice available
at the time and underwent the
rematch in 1892 and returned to procedure. However, a number of
the White House.
One summer morning in
1893 and a few months into his
second term, Cleveland, now
56, was shaving and noticed a
strange growth on the roof of his
mouth. Over the next couple of
weeks, it grew. Cleveland con-
modern scientists and physi-
cians studying his case believe
that the growth on his mouth
may not have been malig-
nant. Much more is known about
cancer in the 21st century than
in the 19th, but cancer is tricky
and many questions remain
tacted his doctor for an examina- unanswered about it.
tion. His doctor, believing it was
cancer, recommended immedi-
ate surgery for its removal.
Before his second term start-
ed, the nation was in the midst
of a financial panic, which was
part of a larger downturn called
the Long Depression. Very little
could be done about cancer in
After his recovery, he re-
sumed office quietly. He did not
run for re-election in 1896.
Cleveland’s cancer never
returned. His health declined
from unrelated problems, and
he died of a heart attack in
1908 at age 71. In 1917, years
after Cleveland’s death, the story
the 1890s, and hospitals were no- of his surgery finally became
torious for spreading post-opera- public. Many Americans were as-
tive infections. Cleveland feared
that his health could destabilize
an already nervous country. He
and his doctors decided not to
tell anyone, not even Vice Presi-
dent Adlai Stevenson.
In the 1890s, a president’s
movements were not moni-
tored 24 hours a day. President
Bill Clinton once likened the
presidency to living in a fish-
tounded by the story and did not
believe that a president could
secretly undergo surgery. Ste-
venson never found out how
close he came to the presiden-
cy, as he died in 1914. In part
because of this case and other
presidential health scares, the
25th Amendment was ratified
in 1967, putting plans in place
in case a president were to be
bowl. The United States was not unconscious during surgery or
yet a superpower and presidents debilitated by a serious illness.
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In Texas, debates
over immigration poli-
cy usually center on il-
legal border crossings.
And that’s an import-
ant issue.
But we shouldn’t CATHIE
lose sight of an even ADAMS
bigger problem: the VP of the Eagle
extent to which low- ----------
jobs, wages
process so that the new arrivals in turn ject objectively. Of the foreign-born liv-
can bring ever more distant relatives in. ing here, 37 percent arrived with less
Democrats want to keep the “diver- than a high-school education. That’s an
sity” lottery going strong, handing out enormous number of workers who com-
golden tickets to individuals - typically pete against disadvantaged Americans
low-skilled - from countries supposedly for scarce jobs at the lower end of the
under-represented among immigrants socioeconomic spectrum.
to the United States. And they want to The last thing those folks need, espe-
drastically expand visas for low-skilled cially as we’re trying to get our economy
guest workers. Many of those individu- back on track after Covid, is the new in-
skilled legal immigrants are suppress- als will no doubt illegally overstay their flux of legal immigrants Democrats have
ing wages and job opportunities for visas in anticipation of the amnesty in mind kicking off in January.
Americans.
This problem is especially acute right
Democrats are also cooking up.
When Democrat Senate candidate
All of this will come at a terrible price MJ Hegar talks about immigration, it’s
now, because of the huge expansion in for Americans, especially those strug- mainly to denounce the Trump admin-
legal immigration that Joe Biden is gling at the lower end of the American istration’s efforts to get control of our
promising. Democrats have their eyes workforce, where Blacks and Hispanics border. She doesn’t say much about
on a big prize this November: adding the are regrettably over-represented.
legal immigration, which means she’ll
White House and a Senate majority to The noted Harvard scholar George be a reliable vote for the Biden/Harris
their current control of the U.S. House Borjas, who has been studying the sub- agenda.
of Representatives. If they succeed, ject for more than 30 years, has conclud- Republican incumbent John Cornyn
they will be in a position to pass sweep- ed that immigration increases competi- is much tougher on this issue. And as
ing changes to immigration policv.
tion for jobs and suppress wages across a returning senator in a GOP majori-
Texans who care about protecting all income levels - but hits low-skilled ty, he’d be a vote to prevent a wave of
American jobs need to be thoughtful workers especially hard. immigration that is certain to swamp
about this election. The best insurance Texas is home to 4.9 million for- American livelihoods.
policy against these radical changes is eign-born individuals, about 17 percent
a Republican-controlled Senate.
of the state’s population. By and large, Cathie Adams is the first vice pres-
Joe Biden wants to open a floodgate they are fine people, and many of them ident of the Eagle Forum. The Pla-
of immigration. In the name of family take the plunge and become naturalized no resident previously served as the
reunion, Biden and the Democrats want U.S. citizens. Welcome, my fellow Amer- president of Texas Eagle Forum, Tex-
to issue millions of new green cards to icans. I can certainly understand why as’ Republican national committee-
relatives of those who are currently here you wanted to move and settle here. woman and chairwoman of the Repub-
on one, and they want to speed up the But we also have to look at this sub- lican Party of Texas.
Students at
Stewart’s
Creek Ele-
mentary cre-
ated masks
to illustrate
their own
attributes.
Then they
shared their
creations
with other
students and
administra-
tors.
COURTESY OF LISD
Students can’t mask
their uniqueness
LEWISVILLE ISD
are pointed out for animals traits in yourself and how we board.
Foxes and beavers and throughout the pages.
could connect to the animal
moose; Oh my!
The book uses the differ- world.”
“This brings the two class-
es together,” Min said. “Now,
Recently, little masked ent animal descriptions to With their colorful pop- our hallway has both of our
“creatures” made their way share the Anishinaabe tradi- sicle stick masks in-hand class masks up. I want our
around Stewart’s Creek El- tion of animal guides, where students paraded around virtual students to feel they
ementary to visit friends a clan or tribe is represented the school, even stopping by are part of our class too.”
and show off their new ani- by an animal whose traits will to surprise campus admin- For both groups of stu-
mal-like looks.
benefit the group.
istrators outside their office dents, this was a lesson in
To start this project, Pre-K To think about their own window, using a hands-on activity to
teacher Sul A Min read the unique traits, students were While this activity first be- remember their reading,
book, “Sometimes I Feel Like challenged to embrace an an- gan with in-person students, “I want my students to
a Fox” by Danielle Daniel to imal of their own and create a the virtual ones joined in too. know they can learn so much
her students. On each page, face mask to represent them. The in-person masks were from one book,” Min said,
the author shares attributes “This activity is how you hung on a bulletin board in “They were able to expand
of different animals and why feel about yourself and dis- the hallway and the virtual their creativity through this
children can identify with covering and learning about learners were able to see book we read by getting to
them and their unique per- different cultures,” Min said, what their classmates had know the characters and
sonalities. Characteristics "It is also a time for the kids created. Later, screenshots of learning about their own
like strength, confidence, to be creative and find their the virtual masks were print- friends and how they are
intuitiveness and loyalty personality. Discovering ed and added to the bulletin alike and different.”
■ ■ ga T “These aren’t easy deci- teacher 16 students, while ignations, with 21 of those are 14 teaching positions and tary campus and two for every
I sions because we’re having to one teacher handled 25 virtu- - 18 teachers, three para- 58 support positions. secondary campus.
EUL move some students, and we al students. professionals - because of District officials said this “We absolutely are tak-
From PAGE ONE don't like that,” Rogers said. In a fifth-grade class at COVID-19. Amanda Brim, is typical for this time of year, ing advantage of permanent
But that’s just the situation another school, two teachers chief communications officer, adding that several of the subs,” Rogers said.
were 38 virtual students in that we’re in.” each taught 27 virtual stu- said 171 is in line with previ- open teaching positions re-
the first nine weeks with At the same campus in dents in the first nine weeks, ousyears. quire a specific skill set from HELP NEEDED
two teachers each teaching third grade, virtual students one teacher had 21 in-person Rogers said there were 20 a candidate, so the positions Rogers said it’s important
19 students. There were 55 dropped from 46 to 31, and students, and a fourth teach- resignations the week of Oct. take a little longer to fill. that parents help the district
in-person students with three in-person increased from 53 er helped in first grade. 5, but that’s only slightly more Officials said the district by keeping their children
teachers having class sizes of to 68. In that situation one When 11 virtual students than the same week in 2019 is searching for candidates to home if they’re sick.
18,18 and 19. teacher took on all 31 virtual moved to in-person in the sec- when there were 15. Of those fill the open positions. “Many of the cases where
In the second nine weeks, students, with four teachers ond nine weeks, the district 20, there was just one that “We have benefitted be- our staff or students are ex-
the number of virtual stu- - a virtual teacher switched kept two virtual teachers (21 was related to COVID-19. cause there is some wiggle posed or cases when parents
dents dropped to 24 with back to in-person - each hav- and 22 students apiece) and Rogers said there are 103 room trying to help coverthat knew that they were sick or
in-person students jumping ing class sizes of 17. brought back the original teachers working remotely with online or virtual learn- the parent themselves were
to 69. Rogers said there were (Thirty-one) is a lot,” Rog- fifth-grade teacher from first because of a medical condi- ing,” Rogers said, sick»Rogers said “We’ve had
multiple ways to handle the ers said. “But in our mind grade, tions. Rogers said there are 124 cases where the parent would
change. The district decided that’s more do-able than over- “This is not an easy deal to “I know that sounds like a permanent substitute posi- send their child to school and
to have one teacher handle all crowding in-person.” figure out in any one of these large number until you con- tions that have been filled the parent had lab-confirmed
24 virtual students and four Other examples included situations,” Rogers said. sider we have 6,500 employ- and four that remain open. COVID. We need parents’ help
teachers split the class sizes combining fourth-grade virtu- ees,” Rogers said. In the summer the board to keep their kids at home if
for in-person - three teachers al students at two campuses FILLING POSITIONS As far as open or hard approved the expenditure of they’ve been exposed or if
would have 17 students and to allow a fourth teacher to Rogers said since July to fill positions because of $750,000 to hire permanent they have the symptoms for
one would have 18. teach in-person, giving each 1 there have been 171 res- COVID-19 Rogers said there subs - one for every elemen- COVID-19."
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